And if his learning itself be loveless, it may claim our respect when a tricksy demon has let it loose on the Epistles of St. Paul, as it claims our gratitude when expended on secular things.
"A Handbook to the Works of Browning (6th ed.)"
Mrs. Sutherland Orr
This was another magic quality that the girl possessed,-especially feminine, a tricksy gift of the Gods, quite outside the moral categories and therefore desired by all-charm.
"One Woman's Life"
Robert Herrick
But he had been snared by the same tricksy sprite of blood and youth that had inflamed Milly.
"One Woman's Life"
Robert Herrick